In the 1960s Indonesia laid claim to West Papua. Despite efforts to control the West Papuan people, it has failed on all aspects of doing so. Indonesia uniliterally annexed the former Dutch colony in ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who assumed office on October 20, 2024, has announced the revival of the transmigration program, which encourages citizens to populate the country’s eastern ...

Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua ...

Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2025 ...

Sugar-cane planting ceremony in Merauke, West Papua, July 2024. Indonesian presidential office handout/Muchlis Jr. “By way of transmigration … the different ethnic groups will in the long run ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region said on Thursday they have killed more than 17 people since the weekend, claiming that they were soldiers disguised as gold miners, and police ...